A little confusing from the write up alone whether this will block iTunes Store apps as well, though the screenshots show it will do. Cool.

Does it impact battery life or other performance factors?

I bought this app since I think it will get better with time.

Would it be possible to give us the ‘full’ control of the app?
I mean, make it work with BigBoss apps & Cydia as well.

I really can understand these guys need those ads to cover their cost, but since I pay for this, I would like to use it the way I want (And hide ads I’ll never click on) to improve some loading time.

Apple Native Apps : ie the ones provided with the phone right?

Because I tried one called “Savoir Innutile” and nothing pops-up when I ask it to update the database… It just make it fail.

Thanks to the dev if you could answer me :)

Great app anyway

this app works via code injection with MobileSubstrate. BigBoss uses special permission on his app which exclude it from code injection.

about Cydia: The developer community really doesn’t want anybody to block ads in Cydia. And btw. you can be sure that Cydia doesn’t contact any bad hosts. after all it’s open source :)

oh, and btw. Apple’s native apps are those which ship with the iPhone. but if there is enough demand I will open them in the next bigger revision (which will be 1.1)

From the perspective of being able to control ALL internet traffic, I think that this app is more than welcome. But since it does not allow to block effectively Apple native apps, I will wait until version 1.1 to purchase it. Two thumbs up on the wonderful idea!!! This app will allow to control your data cost if you’re on prepaid plan or your provider does not want to block all data on your iPhone.

Fabulous idea! Will purchase when it can block whatever I want. I want to block any and all apple applications. Firewalls should be as configurable as a user wants.

What would also be useful if have a set of user defined hosts which will always be allowed/disallowed for all applicaitons. So you dont have to approve/disapprove the same host for multiple apps. Then if we have problem we can go to the app level and override the all apps default setting.

Nice app keep up the good work.

you might not wanna do that, because then you won’t be able to recieve emails, buy apps in the mobile AppStore… ;)

That issue should be fixed with upcoming 1.01. Should be available in a few hours

Excellent! The author of ‘Little Snitch’ on the Mac indicated a while back that a port of his app to the iPhone would not be a problem, but nothing happened since. So I’m very glad to see that Yllier decided to write this – well done!

Dear Yllier<

Many thanks for your excellent app!
What we need in the next version-Apple Native Apps support.

Yllier, or anyone else know?

I’m really glad you all like the app. I’m going to implement more features in the next bigger release.

F*** admob,
dont feel bad for something that clutters and slows your phone for other peoples personal profit.

sounds like a great app; only questions would be:

does the firewall app in any way, shape or form affect teh battery drain? perhaps helps drain it faster?

just wonderin’

Yllier,

Does your firewall also block connections from processes running on background (ie. SBSettings, CylayDaemon, etc). I ask because I do have Cylay installed and after installing Firewall iP I had some issues with it, mainly I couldn’t locate my iPhone through the Cylay’s website, as if the push notifications were being blocked and therefore the daemon was not responding to the location requests. I added the Cylay configuration App (is separate from the daemon) to the exceptions list and after a few reboots now it seems to be working again…

Here are the questions i have before i buy this app which is very promising:
-will this app interfere with 3G unrestrictor, will it harm my ability to use skype while i am on 3g
-Does it show when ANY app is connecting to internet while app is not active? (like the iphone is sleeping and suddenly something goes on line without me knowing, otherwise when i start app why do i need block it? (may be i am dumb and don’t get the concept)
-what type of data app collect and how it is being used against me ( in other words why do we need this app) i am not being sarcastic by any means, i ask those questions respectfully, i like the idea of having firewall, i need to know why.
Thank you very much.
arteyzips@yahoo.com

1. nope, it won’t interfere with 3G unrestrictor.

2. despite the whole data collector thing this is also an issue: http://www.macworld.com/article/143047/2009/09/phone_hole.html?lsrc=rss_main

when an app is running and the iPhone is sleeping you will only see the alert when you turn it on. till then the connection is blocked

3. http://www.macworld.com/article/143047/2009/09/phone_hole.html?lsrc=rss_main and http://i-phone-home.blogspot.com/

Thank you very much, this is great response and very useful and thoughtful app, it has been carefully crafted and well executed, i bouyght ir and i like it.

The toggle is installed automatically. Try going to sbsettings/ set toggles and move rows. You should see it , move it on up then respring. I can answer my own question adn say I have noticed no battery drain with bitesms XD Thanks for the great app keep the updates comin

about the toggle thing:
I could have never designed an icon for each available SBS-Theme. 1. I’m no good gfx guy.
2. doing the gfx would have probably cost more time than developing the toggle.
3. each theme should have it’s own default image for toggles. if it doesn’t then it’s not following BigBoss’s rules:
Blanks: Each theme must implement a blank on and off png icon. from here: http://thebigboss.org/guides/sbsettings-theme-creation/

I hope the great gfx-guys who made the themes will make an toggle for Firewall iP too.

please compare with with firewall iP on and off. and don’t forget to install Firewall iP 1.1. Lots of small issues have been fixed

strange, have posted this a while ago, but it doesn’t appear.

The toggle has no gfx because I can’t make an icon for every theme out there. that’s the job for the themers.

if I would do it it would take me longer than coding the toggle ;)

each theme should have default icons (one for on and one for off) for toggles. if it doesn’t have it then it’s not following the rules for SBS-Themes which can be found here: http://thebigboss.org/guides/sbsettings-theme-creation/

Yiller,

Using the new 1.1 new features fixed the app crash problem of streaming apps, as long as the app is not being used in the background (using backgrounder).

IHeartRadio is also experiencing some problem, in that it takes a LONG LONG time for the station list to appear if the firewall is turned on (though it will function afterward), whereas it only takes a few secs to load up if the firewall is turned off.

I supposed this is a workaround, though I suspect the underlying problem still exists.

As a suggestion, perhaps you can make an icon JUST for bigboss’s default theme for your app, since the VAST VAST majority of people will just use bigboss’s default sbsettings toggle anyway. This way, it will be minimal work but will cover the majority of users.

Good app you made, I must say. My second paid Cydia app (after iBlacklist).

Well, the program looks good but in version 1.1 you can’t block connections from Cydia/Icy/Rock and this mean when some programs are in white list may be other unwanted apps or hosts also are in white list. Well definite i feel disappointed.

also please check ninja assassin.. the program will stop working before the menu.. the workaround is to add the game first in firewall ip to allow all connections then later deny all. thanks

EDIT Ok someone tells me I blocked visual voicemail on one of the popups they say its port 5400 and thats causing my issue. Only problem is, mobile phone isn’t listed in firewall ip apps so I cant re allow the connection nor do I see it in my global deny or anywhere else for that matter. How do I re-enable the connection? IMO that connection should not be allowed to be blocked because this is a pretty serious issue. Cannot find a support site so let me know where I should be asking this PLEASE

It would be great if you could choose to block routes like EDGE or WIFI. That way you would be able to block the apps to go through EDGE and not to WIFI. You would also be able to create an exeption to allow MMS to use EDGE connection.

Also like to note that wifi is off, so it’s not my home network or anything.

Does “global allow/deny” rules override apps that have “allow all connections”?

BTW I am having 2g running on 3.0 version. and I can see all signal bars. Main thing is when I am unlocking my cell it shows all signal bars but still can not receive the call. I need to reboot the cell completely.

Show on the creen

Hi Yiller,
my firewall ip hav been workin fine till recently, i was unable to access most app(safari, mail, etc) except for cydia and rock. I tried allowing all connections but dun seem to wrk untill i uninstalled. I reinstalled but same prob. Tried rebooting after uninstall then install but same problem is occuring. Any suggestions? Im on 3gs 3.1.2.

It is fixed in 1.35. Thanks!

I bought this app expecting it to be able to block ads on 4chan [found in subdirectories of static.4chan.org/support/*] and it is unable to block them. I am only able to block the hostname which then causes formatting errors. I don’t understand how the program is not be able to do this…

I meant it crashes 2 seconds after I open the actual Firewall Ip app via the flame icon. Btw…yllier, this Is an awesome app!! Thanks

dont have facebook or google for confirmation and payment on iphone….is there another way to pay for it and download it??

Love this app. Useful for blocking information that I don’t want to get out. Also useful to determine where apps are going without permission… :D Kills/discovers ads that I haven’t blocked with host file.

Is it possible to see the exact link that an app is trying to connect to, instead of just the hostname?